Short Description
This large-scale storage system is a high-performance server solution that has been developed for storing and processing digital histological image data (whole slide images).
The system is based on a Ceph cluster, which offers a net capacity of 264 TB and ensures high reliability and data availability. The data is distributed across three servers with a total capacity of 815 TB.
In addition, a backup storage system with a total capacity of 520 TB is available to ensure long-term data backup and recovery.
The storage is part of the project ‘Digital Pathology – Creation of an Interuniversity Compatible Infrastructure’. This project has the following objectives:
a) To continuously create and store section preparations as whole slide image data on a very large scale.
b) To collect standardised metadata and compile it in a cross-location, anonymised data catalogue that will be linked to the European Research Infrastructure (EOSC).
This data will be used for inter-university development and validation of AI algorithms, particularly in the field of digital pathology.
Contact Person
Sabina Köfler
Research Services
The storage system is currently only available to research institutes participating in the research project ‘Digital Pathology – Creation of an Interuniversity Compatible Infrastructure’.
Methods & Expertise for Research Infrastructure
The storage system forms the basis for data analysis and machine learning in the field of computational pathology in conjunction with the high-resolution whole slide images created from digital pathology.
Institute of Pathology, Medical University Innsbruck
Institute of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna
Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology